EP 339: Gone To The Dogs For Breeder’s Only

In this episode we journey to western Pennsylvania to pick the brain of master coonhound breeder Randy Smith of Lone Pine Kennels.  Smith has been a guest before but this episode dives deeper into the whys and how’s of one of the nation’s most successful coonhound breeding programs.

Smith has built his breeding program on a nine to ten-generation, female-centered Lone Pine line-breeding effort.  Using his females, he reaches out to tap a vast network of stud dogs that have been evaluated according to his standards.  Smith discusses the criteria he uses in making the all-important decisions that result in his obvious success.  Steve asks Smith why and how he comes to choose popular studs like Bone Collector, Coma’s Stylish Legend, All Grand Track Man and several others to augment his years of work with the Lone Pine females.

This episode will be most appealing to those that either want to breed coonhounds successfully or are simply intrigued by hearing how Smith has chosen the right pieces to create a masterful program that is producing results for pleasure and competition hunters alike throughout the coonhound word.  As Steve’s dad Homon Fielder, the houndsman, would have said, “This one is a good’un.” 

Randy Smith may be reached by phone at 724-525-1892.